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The Government today (December 30) announced the appointment and re-appointment of non-official members to the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee for a new term ending December 31, 2015.
The eight new non-official members are:
Ms Rosanna Choi (Partner, CWCC)
Ms Elaine Ho (Principal Solicitor, He Qilian & Associates)
Mr Bankee Kwan (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Celestial Asia Securities Holdings Limited)
Mr Victor Lam (Director of Operations, Forward Winsome Industries Limited)
Ms Shalini Mahtani (Founder and Board Director, Community Business Limited)
Dr Billy Mak (Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Mr Shiu Ka-fai (Director, Master Proofer Corporation Limited)
Ms Janis Tam (Managing Director, Swire Resources Limited)
The 10 re-appointed non-official members are:
Mr Yu Pang-chun (Director and General Manager, Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium Limited)
Mr Andrew Leung (Legislative Councillor)
Dr Michael Chan (Chairman, Café de Coral Holdings Limited)
Ms Sabrina Chan (Executive Director, Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry)
Mr Alan Lo (Co-founder and Director, Press Room Group)
Ms Poman Lo (Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited)
Mr Anthony Lock (Chief Executive Officer, Tsui Wah Group)
Ms Yolanda Ng (Programme Development Manager, Jao Tsung-I Academy)
Mr Patrick Wong (Chief Executive Officer, Tenacity International Limited)
Mr Simon Wong (Executive Director, LHGroup)
The committee will continue to be chaired by Mr Yu Pang-chun with Mr Andrew Leung as deputy chairman in the new term.
Since its formation, the committee has contributed useful ideas to help improve the competitiveness of the local business environment by cutting red tape, removing unnecessary regulatory barriers, improving regulatory efficiency and reducing business compliance costs. It has also served as an effective platform for the trades and the Government to thrash out implementation details of new or proposed business regulations. The Government is confident that the committee will continue to help make Hong Kong an even better place to do business. The terms of reference of the committee are at Annex.
The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, thanked the outgoing non-official members, Mr Ivan Chu, Mr Philip Fan, Mr Andrew Fung, Ms Angela Lee, Ms Caroline Mak, Mr Raj Sital Motwani, Ms Scarlett Pong, Professor Raymond So and Mr Joseph Wong for their support and contribution to the work of the committee and its task forces.
Ends/Monday, December 30, 2013
Issued at HKT 15:00
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